Garrett Richter meets PACE students

Fla. State Sen. Garrett Richter talk with student at the PACE Center for Girls in Immokalee Friday. The Collier County PACE organization awarded Richter its Legislator of the Year award, and Richter talked to the students about their futures and his own, with both some advice and humor.

Samantha Ayala, a student at the center, describes their reading classes to Fla. State Sen. Garrett Richter of Naples on a tour of the PACE Center for Girls in Immokalee. Joanna Chau

State Senator Garrett Richter shakes hands with students at the center's gymnasium before giving a speech to 75 students at the PACE Center for Girls in Immokalee. Joanna Chau

Florida State Sen. Garrett Richter shares life advice his father gave him while he was growing up with 75 students at the PACE Center for Girls in Immokalee. Joanna Chau

Garrett Richter accepting the Legislature of the Year Award from the Collier County PACE organization.

Teachers Claudette Williams and Patricia Idlette greets Florida State Sen. Garrett Richter as he arrives on Friday at the PACE Center for Girls in Immokalee. Richter received the Collier PACE organization's Legislator of the Year award. Joanna Chau